NightOwl@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.ml · 8 months agoUS nuclear sub offers show of force in the Middle Eastwww.aljazeera.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down15
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minus-squarelntl@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·8 months agothe US doesn’t have any diesel-electric subs in service they’re all nukes
minus-squareBMatthew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 months agoI understand that but we also know what the trident middle system on that ship can do and what it carries. That single sub out-powers most countries.
minus-squareClasm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-28 months agoThat’s an SSGN. SSBN, the ones that carry Trident missiles, don’t need, nor want, to be anywhere near the theatre in order to operate.
the US doesn’t have any diesel-electric subs in service they’re all nukes
I understand that but we also know what the trident middle system on that ship can do and what it carries. That single sub out-powers most countries.
That’s an SSGN. SSBN, the ones that carry Trident missiles, don’t need, nor want, to be anywhere near the theatre in order to operate.